See also:

• MOCCASIN (a North-American Indian word, of which the spelling and pronunciation vary in different dialects)

MOCCASIN (a See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDIAN

Indian word, of which the spelling and See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation vary in different dialects)  , a See also:

• SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe made of deerskin or other soft See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather . It is made in one piece; the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole is soft and flexible and the upper See also:

• PART

part is often adorned with See also:

• EMBROIDERY (M.E. embrouderie, from O. Fr. embroder, Mod. Fr. broder)

embroidery, beading or other See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament . It is the footwear of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDIAN

Indian tribes and is also worn by hunters, traders and settlers . In See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, the See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady's slipper is known in the See also:

• UNITED

United States of See also:

• AMERICA

America, as the " See also:

• MOCCASIN (a North-American Indian word, of which the spelling and pronunciation vary in different dialects)

moccasin See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower," from its resemblance to a shoe or moccasin . The name moccasin is also given to a venomous snake, found as far north as North Carolina and westward to the Rocky Mountains, and popularly called " cottonmouth," from the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white rim around the mouth . It belongs to the See also:

• FAMILY

family Crotalidae, See also:

• SPECIES

species Ancistrodon (or Cenchris) piscivorus, is about two feet See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and is often found in marshy See also:

• LAND

land . It is sometimes called the See also:

• WATER

water moccasin to distinguish it from the upland moccasin (Ancistrodon contortrix or atrofuscus), which is commonly called " copperhead " and is found further north in dry and mountainous regions . The name is possibly a distinct word of which the origin has not been traced .